Mana viper

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mana viper S
HP	34-62
HD	9
XP	584
Speed	14
AC	3
EV	14
Will	Immune
Attack1	23 (bite: antimagic)
Resistances	rPois+
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Reptile
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	snake, mana viper
Flags	Cold-blooded Sense invisible

A violet-scaled serpent with faintly glowing eyes. They are prized as pets by naga mystics, and some say their peculiar nature is even a result of their esoteric rituals. It thirsts for magic as well as flesh, and its bite can drink dry the magical reserves of even a powerful mage in little time. “The latter lived in the country, and before his house there was an oak, in which there was a lair of snakes. His servants killed the snakes, but Melampus gathered wood and burnt the reptiles, and reared the young ones. And when the young were full grown, they stood beside him at each of his shoulders as he slept, and they purged his ears with their tongues. He started up in a great fright, but understood the voices of the birds flying overhead, and from what he learned from them he foretold to men what should come to pass.” -Pseudo-Apollodorus , _Library and Epitome_, 1.9.11. circa 150 BC. trans. Sir James George Frazer, 1913. “A snake, with mottles rare, Surveyed my chamber floor, In feature as the worm before, But ringed with power.” -Emily Dickinson, “In Winter In My Room”. circa 1860.

Useful Info

Mana vipers are snakes with an antimagic melee attack. They can be found in the Snake Pit.

History

Mana vipers will be added in 0.14.